

#include <iostream>
#include "cv.h"
#include "highgui.h"

using namespace std;

int main( int argc, char** argv )

{
//load color image specified by first argument
IplImage *source = cvLoadImage( argv[1]);

// create new image structure
// for the grayscale output image
IplImage *destination = cvCreateImage(
cvSize( source->width, source->height ), IPL_DEPTH_8U, 1 );



// set type CV_RGB2GRAY to convert
// RGB image to grayscale
cvCvtColor( source, destination, CV_RGB2GRAY );


// save grayscale image to a file specified by
// second argument
cvSaveImage( argv[2], destination );
return 0;

}

/*2. COMPILE

g++ `pkg-config opencv --cflags --libs` convert_grayscale.cpp -o convert_grayscale

3. USAGE

./convert_grayscale re_dsc00056.jpg gray_dsc00056.jpg
*/
